Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
If Katy Perry‘s teenage dream was to knock Eminem from No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart one day, then dreams really do come true.
The 25-year-old pop sensation takes No. 1 this week with the release of her sophomore album, Teenage Dream. The set, led by the former No. 1 single “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg, sold 192,000 copies in its first week out, according to Nielsen SoundScan and reported by Billboard. The tally more than triples the first week total of her debut, One of the Boys. That album started with just 47,000 copies at No. 9.
American Idol season 3 winner, Fantasia, starts at No. 2 with her third album, Back To Me. The album sold 117,000 copies.
Eminem’s former chart-topper, Recovery, sits at No. 3 after selling 98,000 copies. It’s the first week since its June release that it has failed to pull in more than 100,000 copies.
[...] + Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream is the No. 1 album in the country. (Billboard) [...]